It’s Getting Harder for Women to Deliver Babies in China

The lobby of the Pizhou People's Hospital in Pizhou, Jiangsu province, China. Some of the mainland’s obstetric wards have closed,  as delivery options for pregnant women grow smaller.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Hi, it’s Karen. It’s getting harder to find a place to deliver a baby in China. But before I explain…

An “obstretrics winter” has descended on China’s hospitals, amid a wave of closures of delivery wards across the country.